Mithril of Newhaven - 1 day out from Cape Verdes

1 day out from Cape Verdes

Mithril of Newhaven

Roy and Madeline Hibberd

Thu 9 Jan 2014 12:03

16:39.165N 27:27.920W

144nm the first day. Cloudy but sun trying to peek through. Tony and Ann did the night watch last night and will hand over to us about 4 pm. First time we have had to use the fiddles on the cooker!

Blog Entries

2015

May 2015

Sun 17 May 18:49
- The beautiful Exumas
Sat 16 May 17:30
- One day out of Turks and Caicos
Sun 3 May 14:22
- Arrived at South Caicos
Fri 1 May 15:37
- Overnight stowaway and an orange moon

Apr 2015

Thu 30 Apr 17:33
- Rough night near Mona Passage
Wed 29 Apr 16:38
- Becalmed as we approach the Mona Passage.
Tue 28 Apr 18:47
- Sailing along North coast of Puerto Rico
- Leaving Culebra, heading North West

Feb 2015

Tue 24 Feb 21:25
- Deshaies, Guadeloupe - sort of!
Fri 6 Feb 10:00
- Back in France again, oh joy!
Wed 4 Feb 20:00
- Still Enjoying St. Lucia - just!
Sun 1 Feb 20:52
- Back in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia

2014

Jan 2014

Fri 24 Jan 14:49
- Arrived in Barbados
Thu 23 Jan 14:42
- Are we nearly there yet? YES YES YES!
Wed 22 Jan 14:45
- Sighted the Southern Cross
Tue 21 Jan 14:22
- There is other life out there.
Mon 20 Jan 12:18
- Only 477 miles to go.
Sun 19 Jan 12:14
- Counting the days.
Sat 18 Jan 13:10
- The many that got away.
Fri 17 Jan 11:09
- Over half way!
Thu 16 Jan 13:05
- Going faster now
Wed 15 Jan 13:14
- Becalmed
Tue 14 Jan 13:08
- A tropical moonlit night
Mon 13 Jan 11:25
- Fish for dinner again.
Sun 12 Jan 13:04
- Is this Scotland?
Sat 11 Jan 12:39
- Nice easy sailing today.
Fri 10 Jan 11:21
- Fish for lunch today!
Thu 9 Jan 12:03
- 1 day out from Cape Verdes
Wed 8 Jan 12:38
- Just left Mindelo, Cape Verdes
Wed 1 Jan 17:30
- Mindelo, San Vicente

2013

Dec 2013

Sun 29 Dec 22:00
- Tarrafal, San Nicolau
Tue 24 Dec 16:45
- Anchored at Porto de Sal Rei, Boa Vista
Mon 23 Dec 13:30
- Baia da Mordeira
Fri 20 Dec 11:30
- Arrived Palmeira, Ilha do Sal
Wed 18 Dec 13:03
- Over half way to the Cape Verdes
Mon 16 Dec 16:07
- On way to Cape Verdes
Sun 15 Dec 14:50
- Left Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

Nov 2013

Wed 27 Nov 15:52
- Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. Moved to marina after the ARC left on Sunday
Fri 15 Nov 12:00
- Moved from anchorage to new marina at Arrecife, Lanzarote
Thu 14 Nov 17:50
- On the home stretch now, just got to find somewhere to anchor in the dark
Sun 10 Nov 15:22
- Just rounded Tarifa point. Current against us but managing 5kts SOG.
- 36:08:99N 05:21:229W

Jun 2013

Wed 5 Jun 12:00
- Arrived Le Castella, Italy
Mon 3 Jun 17:00
- Last anchorage in the Ionians, Greece

1 day out from Cape Verdes

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